4 hours ago
Sticking the candy in his mouth, Jaein stood and watched his crew work. He hated this. It was part of why he'd been glad to move into construction rather than field service: preparing his people for situations like this just never sat well on his shoulders, particularly when he didn't even really know what the situation was. Were they heading for combat? An away mission? Were they planning to retreat and bring back more assistance? He simply didn't know.
And really, that not knowing was what was killing his peace. He said a quick prayer to the Prophets for guidance, but no inspiration was forthcoming. Either they were as clueless at Captain Crawford's likely decision, or they simply wanted him to do it on his own. He wasn't a vedek to know the minds of the Prophets, so he didn't want to make a decision on that score.
So instead, here he was trying to prepare for everything, which basically left him prepared for nothing. Time passed that way, with him answering various questions with short, two-word answers as they came up, until finally enlightenment came.
[Calleja to Omdor. We’re on our way down to that base and I could use some technical back-up. Can you send me someone to join the away team please, meet up in the shuttle bay ASAP? I’ll bring ‘em back in one piece, promise.]
So an away team, he thought with relief. At last he had a direction to focus. He hit his commbadge and replied. "Omdor here," he said. "I'll do you one better and get two of us down there. Two minutes."
He closed the channel and stepped over towards Han. "Ready for another away team? Both of us, this time? Grab your kit, we're down in the shuttlebay in two minutes." He smiled and clapped her on the shoulder, then stepped into his office. A quick check of his kit, then he filled his pockets with the usual items - flashlights, spanner, padds, tricorder, and a couple of loops of EPS line. He also, more reluctantly, attached his phaser to his belt, and then walked out the door and headed out the doors, joining up with Han as they headed down to the shuttlebay.
==Tag Han! Let's go again!==
>>Shuttlebay>>
And really, that not knowing was what was killing his peace. He said a quick prayer to the Prophets for guidance, but no inspiration was forthcoming. Either they were as clueless at Captain Crawford's likely decision, or they simply wanted him to do it on his own. He wasn't a vedek to know the minds of the Prophets, so he didn't want to make a decision on that score.
So instead, here he was trying to prepare for everything, which basically left him prepared for nothing. Time passed that way, with him answering various questions with short, two-word answers as they came up, until finally enlightenment came.
[Calleja to Omdor. We’re on our way down to that base and I could use some technical back-up. Can you send me someone to join the away team please, meet up in the shuttle bay ASAP? I’ll bring ‘em back in one piece, promise.]
So an away team, he thought with relief. At last he had a direction to focus. He hit his commbadge and replied. "Omdor here," he said. "I'll do you one better and get two of us down there. Two minutes."
He closed the channel and stepped over towards Han. "Ready for another away team? Both of us, this time? Grab your kit, we're down in the shuttlebay in two minutes." He smiled and clapped her on the shoulder, then stepped into his office. A quick check of his kit, then he filled his pockets with the usual items - flashlights, spanner, padds, tricorder, and a couple of loops of EPS line. He also, more reluctantly, attached his phaser to his belt, and then walked out the door and headed out the doors, joining up with Han as they headed down to the shuttlebay.
==Tag Han! Let's go again!==
>>Shuttlebay>>